Information - please! Road warriors want to hit the ground running when they arrive. Websites, magazines and software vie to meet the demand By TERRENCE BELFORD  -- In the fiercely competitive world of business travel, value-added services - especially those that help travellers get the most out of their days and nights on the road - are rising in importance. Helping corporate travellers find everything from a latte at Starbucks to the best route from point A to point B has become a competitive edge.  FULL STORY

THE HOUSE THAT INDYMAC BUILT In the low-rate days of 2003, big pension and hedge funds were hungry for higher yields - and upstarts like IndyMac were only too eager to please. Their creations became time bombs that still threaten the financial system By DAVID EBNER, TARA PERKINS AND SINCLAIR STEWART  LOS ANGELES, TORONTO, NEW YORK -- Patricia Ramirez's home, which sits on a ragged dead-end street at the edge of East Los Angeles in the shadow of an elevated freeway, cost $445,000 (U.S.) when she and her husband bought it in February, 2007.  FULL STORY

Shaken by chocolate woes, Ganong goes outside for help By GORDON PITTS  -- In 1977, David Ganong, a young pup of just 34, took over the president's job at his family's chocolate company from his aging Uncle Whidden. He was woefully unprepared, and Ganong Bros. Ltd. suffered while David was learning the ropes.  FULL STORY